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COLUMN: Isolated in dorm rooms or stuck at home, some freshmen wonder if college is worth it

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Fogel, 18, can recite a list of typical college experiences she has missed out on: study groups, small seminars, office hours with professors, parties, football games, a chance to meet new people from around the world. Weise, vice president for workforce strategies, Strada Education Network. They had no way of knowing that U.S.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

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So it was with parents at one of the first Basecamp schools, Marshall Pomeroy Elementary in Milpitas, a small city off the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. Beth Rabbitt, CEO of education nonprofit The Learning Accelerator. We know how education reform is. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

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‘Backpacks full of boulders’: How one district is addressing the trauma undocumented children bring to school

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Educators encourage students to share their personal stories as a way to feel proud of their heritage, recognize how strong they are and process trauma. But in some school districts, before the pandemic hit, educators had begun going further, intentionally overhauling their classes and moving around resources to help these children succeed.